"Poor is the nation that has no Heroes...shameful is the one having them that forgets."

Veterans Roll of Honor: LARRY JAMES PEPPER

Branch of Service: United States Army

Rank: Specialist 4th Class

Service history: Specialist 4th Class Larry James Pepper was from Jeffersonville, Ohio. He was a member of C Company, 3rd Battalion,
21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade (Light) of the 23rd Infantry “Americal” Division. He arrived in Vietnam on 08 June 1970, and on
19 September, a member of his patrol stepped on a mine; the resulting explosion killed several members of his squad, and seriously wounded SP4
Pepper. He was returned to the U.S., but died on 31 January, 1971 as a result of his wounds. SP4 Pepper’s name appears on the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial on Panel 05W, Line 70.